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Adele Lichtenberger Igel is a Professor in the Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources at the University of California, Davis. She leads the Cloud Physics Group, focusing on cloud processes, aerosol-cloud interactions, and microphysics parameterization in atmospheric models. Her research integrates modeling, observations, and theory to understand cloud properties, precipitation formation, and climate feedbacks.
- Affiliations: Cloud Physics Group, UC Davis; Atmospheric Science Graduate Group.
- Teaching: Courses include ATM5 (Global Climate Change), ATM128 (Radiation and Satellite Meteorology), and ATM244 (Cloud and Precipitation Physics).
Research interests span aerosol effects on cloud dynamics, bulk microphysics scheme development, Arctic mixed-phase clouds, and convective systems. Notable contributions include advancing unified liquid water category bulk schemes and investigating ice habit impacts on precipitation. Her work addresses model uncertainties through comparisons of bin and bulk schemes, and she leads field projects analyzing fog, marine aerosols, and orographic snowfall.
Recent publications highlight aerosol-cloud interactions in stratocumulus systems, Arctic cloud sustenance via free-tropospheric aerosols, and limitations of traditional microphysics categorizations. Awards include runner-up recognition for opinion work on convective invigoration and student mentorship accolades.
Key collaborations involve DOE ASR-funded projects on convective invigoration and Arctic cloud processes. Her group actively trains graduate students (e.g., Nathan Pope, Lucas Sterzinger) and undergraduates (e.g., Abbey Williams) in cloud physics and computational modeling, with outputs including over 50 peer-reviewed articles and modeling tools like the AMP scheme.
